Patrick Heid specialises in advising German and European SMEs and corporate groups on business start-ups and M&A transactions as well as on local legal issues and strategic topics in operational business in China. Mr Heid heads the China Practice and has more than 20 years of experience in China and speaks fluent Chinese as well as English and French. He is appointed as a board director or supervisory board member in the Chinese subsidiaries of several German companies and is a regular speaker on Chinese legal and investment topics.